Real Property Law

Cal. Real. Prop. Journal 2014, Vol. 32, No. 4

California Mandates Groundwater Regulation Through Local "Sustainability Plans" Starting in 2020

By Eric Robinson

©2014 All Rights Reserved.

I. INTRODUCTION: TO AVOID DIRECT STATE REGULATION, LOCAL SUSTAINABILITY AGENCIES WILL IMPOSE PUMPING REDUCTIONS, WELL MONITORING, FEES, OR OTHER MEASURES

Unregulated development and use of groundwater is finished in California. As the state endured a third consecutive year of drought, the end of what some decried as a "Wild West" approach to groundwater use came on September 16, 2014, when Governor Brown signed the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (the "Act").1

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